The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-05-12

tive when a criminal fails in his attempts.
Therefore there is but one of two things to
do: Call in Judge Lynch, or let the scoun-
drel go unwhipt of justice But one OF
these would appeal to a man who desires to
protect the mothers and sisters of our
land. The scoundrel must be hung and
hung by disguised body of men to pun
ish the crime, as we'll as to deter Others
from committing similar ones.
This was doubtless the reasoning of the
men who, in a most orderly manner, hung
the negro Saturday night. And it was
sound reasoning. There Is no man in
North Carolina who surpasses me in love
of law, or who deplores resorts to violence
more. l think that mob can rarely be
trusted to do wise thing, or that masked
men can be expected to put as high an es-
innate upon life as a court would do. l
in journalism known a case of lynching
which has met my approval except this
one
When the railroad authorities heard of
the use to which their train had been put,
a telegram ordering engineer Ambers to
Wilmington was sent at once. He report
ed there Sunday. In Rocky Mount some
feared that the authorities would deal
harshly with Mr. Ambers Such fear, it
seems to me, must be groundless. Mr..
Ambers acted under duress and no sane
man would have thought of refusing to
obey the orders Of the determined masked
men.
] have not writer the particulars of the
attempted crime of which the negro, Ben
Hart, was guilty. They are almost too
lynching makes it necessary to give some
account, if for no other reason, in pallia-
ton of the hanging.
The young girl, about 15 years Old, whose
bravery and courage and resistance alone
prevented her becoming the victim of the
negro brute, was returning from Tarboro
Saturday evening, two weeks since ac-
companied by a little girl AS She was
passing a ? ece OF woods, one nile from
TarborO, the negro, with no single garment
upon his person except bag over his head,
rushed out and grasped her in his arms.
She screamed, had presence of mind
enough to tear the bag from lis face and
to scratch him with the fierceneSs of des-
peration. The little girl ran screaming for
help. Some negroes near by heard the
cries. ran to the rescue, and saved the
young lady, although she was badly chok-
ed and bruised, with her clothes torn into
rags. The resculng negro men (such haste
in coming to the defense of a young white
woman, assailed by one of their own race,
ought long to be remembered, and prop
erly appreciated by the whites We're soon
Joined by white men and Hart was arrest
ed and lodged in the Tarboro jail The
air was full of loud threats of lynching
These coming to the ears of Judge Shipp,
the negro was quietly sent to Williamson
jail for safe keeping. But the tragic Sc
quel showed that no jail could keep safely
the scoundrel, whose crime could only be
avenged by hanging him.
The young lady and her family have the
profound sympathy of all the people in this
section She belongs to as excellent and
highly respected family as resides on the
generous soil of old Edgecombe, and she
has ii host of relatives throughout Edge
combe and the adjoining counties.
In the last Wilson Mirror there was
tremendous sentence, unique i'll structure
and ornate in dlction 1t was divided into
sections and arranged in alphabetical or
der. Mr.. Blount, the editor, says that he
arrived at q in this unique editorial before
he discovered that he had it arranged in
rival in long sentences in the person of
Mr.. Blount.
Company A, 47th Regiment, had re-
union at Nashville last Saturday There
were between 40 and so of the members
of the company present. This company
was commanded by Capt. J. II. Thorpe
Che represented Nash in the Senate this
year, and Col. F. NJ Parker, of Halifax
Col. Parker delivered an address and Rev.
A. D. Beti read the casualties of the COM
pany A Dig crowd was present and it
was day of old fashioned Nash enjoy
ment.
Last Thursday the Methodist Sunday
School of Wilson gave their annual pic
mic at Barefoot's mill, on Contentnea
Creek, near here. In the afternoon num-
Der of boys went swimming in the creek,
and one of them, the II year old son of
Capt J. H. Baker, was drowned. His name
was Lee. There were no boys with him
who were expert swimmers and they were
forced to see him go down before their
eyes pOwerless to help him. 1t threw a
gloom over the whole community and was
a shock to the parents, who are most highly
esteemed by all. 1t was the saddest burial
in Wilson in many year.
Old.Time ChivaIry in kentucky.
From Chicago Tribune.
When General Simon Boliver Buckner
secures II young wife by promising her that
he will make her the mistress of the Gov
ernor's mansion, and the whole Democratic
party of Kentucky gallantly comes to his